- Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals - Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08545-z 2 comments science
- Largest bacterium ever discovered (2cm long) has an unexpectedly complex cell https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853749/ 13 comments science
- The plan to make artificial meteor showers - the start of ‘orbital entertainment’: The idea is to load each satellite with 400 pellets, each one 2cm in diameter. A few of them would be released at a time to allow for a meteor shower three to 10 seconds long. A full show could last several minutes. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190102-the-plan-to-make-artificial-meteor-showers 6 comments space